★★★★★
Label: AWARE/COLUMBIA Rating: City of Black and White, the second national release from Aware/Columbia singer/songwriter Mat Kearney finds the artist in a very different place musically than when he emerged on the scene three years ago. Less rhythm-driven, and absent of the spoken-word beats that punctuated his refreshing folk/pop/rap fusion Nothing Left to Lose, City of Black and White unfolds with more polish...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
This time last year, Mat Kearney released his fourth full-length record, Young Love; a fun, toe-tapping album that brought back some elements he had abandoned on the previous record. Late last month, Mat released his third iTunes exclusive EP with six acoustic versions of Young Love songs and one cover...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Release Date: August 2nd, 2011 I can still remember the first time I heard Mat Kearney's breakthrough single, the title track to 2006's fantastic Nothing Left to Lose, on some late summer evening that year. It was a perfect summer song: a breezy piece of acoustic pop that fit right with my music tastes at the time and immediately became a part of my summer soundtrack. I eventually picked up the CD, and I was a bit surprised at what I heard...
- absolutepunk.net
2011-08-29
★★★★★
With a few successful musical endeavors under his belt, both in the Christian and mainstream markets alike, Mat Kearney returns with his fourth studio album, Young Love. A handful of video sneak previews of the album had been released throughout the recording process on Mat's website. These teasers combined with the tremendous success of the previous two full-length releases have elevated expectations for this record to great heights. Rest assured, Mat does not let us down...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2011-08-29
★★★★★
Buy 'Young Love' at: Mat Kearney releases his fourth studio album Young Love. Kearney has sold over 600,000 units since his 2004 debut Bullet. Songs from that album and the 2006 follow up Nothing Left To Lose have appeared in a myriad of television shows including Friday Night Lights, Bones, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, and featured in films like Soul Surfer, and Ramona & Beezus...
- www.louderthanthemusic.com
2011-08-29
★★★★★
On his third LP, this Oregon troubadour gets back to the percussive, reggae-lite ditties that went missing on his last album, 2008's City of Black & White. "Hey Mama" sounds like a Michael Franti jam, and on "She Got the Honey," Kearney raps, "Saw her down at the De La show/Walking in looking down at her toes," with apparent zeal...
- www.rollingstone.com
2011-08-15
★★★★★
What to do in case of a creative slump? Ask Nashville singer-songwriter Mat Kearney. He became a licensed cab driver right after his third album, The City of Black and White, tanked on the charts. Plus, he got hitched. One would think that Kearney's recent past must have got his creative juices flowing...
- hour.ca
2011-08-08
★★★★★
Mat Kearney sprung onto the music scene in 2004 with his October release "Bullet" which spawned the release of the big single hit of "Undeniable". The album Bullet went onto win a Dove Award for New Artist of the Year. Mat's second Album "Nothing Left to Lose" went on to sell over 400,000 copies and also a couple of the tracks were used on massive American TV shows as "Grey Anatomy", "Bones" & "Friday Night Lights" Mat has already toured with Sheryl Crow, The Fray, Jason Mraz & John Mayer...
- www.louderthanthemusic.com
2010-12-28
★★★★★
After success with both CCM and mainstream audiences, Mat Kearney offers his first live album, exclusively through iTunes. Live at the Fillmore San Francisco is a solid release that showcases the variety of sounds Kearney has experimented with since his Inpop debut in 2004. Similarly to Mat Kearney's latest full release, City of Black and White, this live offering opens with "All I Have," followed by "Fire & Rain," two standout songs with distinguishing choruses...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2010-12-27
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